Penn State trustees are expected to set tuition for the 2010-11 academic year at a meeting today.

Last year's rate for for incoming in-state freshman was $13,604.The tuition rates vary depending on the campus a student attends, how many credits they have earned, whether they are in-state or out-of-state and their major. A tuition calculator will be available on Penn State's website to help individual students determine what their rate may be, based on their circumstances.

The state budget appropriates $334 million to Penn State, including nearly $16 million in federal stimulus aid, which is intended to help keep down tuition increases. Last year, the university kept its tuition increase below 5 percent, which was the lowest increase in a decade. But the stimulus aid will disappear in the next academic year, which could result in a cut in the state aid and lead to a higher tuition increase for 2012-13.

The tuition increase along with state aid will help support its total university budget of just over 4 billion dollars. Tuition and fees produce a third of the university's total revenue.

Temple University trustees approved a 5.9 percent increase last month. Temple's rate for the upcoming academic year for in-state undergraduates is $11,834. Temple also held its mandatory fees at last year's rate of $295 a semester. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is expected to set its tuition rate on July 22. A spokesman for Pitt said that university's trustees meeting to set tuition has not yet been scheduled.

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